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Yu-Gi-Oh!/GX/5D's/ZEXAL/ARC-V ODT 38 (Spoilers) -
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Come to think of it, isn't it a bit that we know plenty of reasons why 5Ds went downhill, but we really don't know much for GX or Zexal?

GX was allegedly just the staff getting bored with it and wanting to hurry up and get to 5Ds.

That and Judai's VA wanting a bigger paycheck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenn_(Japanese_actor)

I believe KENN actually got pretty popular while GX was going, so wanting a bigger paycheck or to move on from GX seems understandable.

And that only really explains why they rushed through the Darkness arc at the end, and even that somehow wound up as what I believe to be the absolute best arc of Yu-Gi-Oh. I agree with Bahamut's interpretation that they were still learning how to write an original storyline following the end of Duel Monsters in the early seasons.

And even then, I did not like the Yubel arc. They really tried to get to get grimmdark with the Yubel arc, but it didn't click with me. But I think it serves a pretty good purpose. I feel like the Yubel and Darkness arc serve as good contrast with each other, with the Yubel arc being what some kids feel what being an adult will be like. Full of power, darkness, and angst. But then when they grow up, they realize it's just about changing and maturing, which is what the Darkness arc was about.

Ah...I guess that's why Jack had three love rivals and none of them won but I don't know how much that would effect the over all plot...I know the series seemed aimless for like...most of everything after Goodwin really.

It wasn't just that Carly's VA was in a cult, that was only complicating matters.

During the time when 5D's began airing, Japan was going through some major cult issues. And I mean major. A lot of people involved. Cult stuff quickly became a really touchy subject. So, it got to the point where they had to excise all cult elements, which was a lot of things since Yliaster and the Arkadia movement were both cults or cult like, and allegedly Demak's backstory was apparently originally going to be he came from a group that worshiped the Earthbound Gods.

And since 5D's was so heavily tied to cults, they had to get as far away from that as possible, and thats why we got robots from the future.